older cars come with their own set of problems namely that they can be temperamental due to age and not necessarily reliable if youre counting on a year old car to be reliable i have a harsh reality for you gt i plan to swap the tranny for a manual at some point dont do that the car came with a auto transmission leave it putting in a manual means cutting on stuff to put stuff in its going to take away the value of the car considerably and if you ever want to sell the car for a profit the buyer is going to want it all original with the matching tranny and not all hacked up